Help! What does your build season List look like?

[Musdang]

Great!
I have made my decision to go with a LZZY Hale Explorer With the Zakk Wyld EMG pick ups I currently have in last years BRS build. Those will get swapped out for the original idea Glenn Tipton Vengeance pick ups I was able to find in stock this year. I was going to relief carve the "Captain America" chopper from the movie Easy Riders in it but have decided I like the all white Explorer so what I will do is carve the chopper so it acts more like a cover when not playing like Ben Crowe did with his "Complication" build a few years back.

I made the template for the body so I could start designing but ran into the weirdest paint issue I have ever seen. I cut the template from card stock and wanted to get a good dark base coat airbrushed on it so I could test spray several different brands of white paint. when I sprayed the black after thinning it to flow thru an airbrush properly the first few light coats came out green tinted. The more coats I put on the darker it became and eventually dried pure black. Here is the freaky part.. when i cleaned the air brush the water ran deep blue as I cleaned it out.. I was expecting black or the green that showed up at first but noooo Bills Law HAS to mess with my head in everything I do.

Anyways I let it dry another full day as I did spray pretty heavy to get that even black. As soon as I sprayed the titanium white onto it (no matter how light or heavy) it turned mint freakin green. I figured well the black need a bunch of coats to even out so I did the same with the white. No dice just got lighter green. For a sanity check I thought maybe it was the thinner reacting with that brand of paint so I brushed some un thinned onto the template and it made ZERO change. I am totally baffled.

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And here is why I decided to do a cover carving rather then an on body one. Scaling the bike and trying to fit it where it wasn't just all broken up by the pick ups or hardware would be impossible. So instead Ill make a 3d carving of the bike that will cover most of the body shape and mount over top of everything when not in use.

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This is how the "complication was carved and mounted to the guitar.
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This is the objective.

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Haha when you done with that, you should make a modified arrow and call it a “Flying Wing”! You’ll have to sweep back the wing more though. Lol

 

[Musdang]

Does it count if this build season is my first and I’m this late? Basically I just picked a plane that I thought would be fun and that met my equipment requirements, and built it. For the rest of winter and FTFC22, I hope to make:

FT 3D
Leadfeathers Profile Yak 55
@Matthewdupreez Kaddy
Another FT MM Mustang

And before:
FT MM Mustang
FT MM Arrow
FT MM Goblin
FT MM Sportster
FT MM Goblin
FT Simple Stick

 

[cyclone3350]

People keep coming up with great challenges and new plans which are derailing my initial goals... So everything is going as expected 😁

-Kadet Junior Night Flyer - currently shelved for my Build-ruary builds
-Sig Demoiselle - restoration completed and hung on display in my cubicle
-Hangar 9 Toledo Special (electric conversion) - haven't started
-RCGroups Vintage Build-Off #1 entry (Claude McCullough's Vixen) - not started
-Build-ruary entries - Crossfire #1 nearly complete, other 3 entries haven't been started
-Proctor Antic Parasol (restoration/e-conversion) - haven't started
-Top Flite Antares (restoration/e-conversion) - haven't started
-Ed Keck TOC Akromaster (restoration) - haven't started
-Sopwith Tabloid for the Dawn Patrol Challenge - not started
-Scout XL - not started
- giant scale foam build - not started but I bought electronics 😎

So I have pretty much finished two builds but added 3 more.

Wow, a very impressive list U got there. Totally jell about the H9 Toledo... I want one. Start the Tabloid, & what R U doing for the giant scale? BTW I like what U did for the Kadet J.

 

[FlyingTyger]

Wow, a very impressive list U got there. Totally jell about the H9 Toledo... I want one. Start the Tabloid, & what R U doing for the giant scale? BTW I like what U did for the Kadet J.

Thanks. Sadly, that's not even the whole list...
For the giant scale, 3 are at the top of my list: 1/4 scale Gee Bee Z, 82" Bates P-36, 80" Bates Helldiver. Still weighing the options.

 

[Matthewdupreez]

How is everyone's Hopes/prediction coming along?

Meh.... Haven't even started.... Waiting for my new hot glue and 3 kgs of hot glue

 

[Musdang]

I was using a 5 watt mini and thought it was big enough…..

Literally once you used a thin 2ft log bead, it would go as cold as penguins buttocks!
2 weeks ago I got a ft 300wt gun, and THIS THING HAS SOME POWWA!

 

[cyclone3350]

Well, I got side tracked on my way to the Cub. I don't have too much experience with glow, let a lone converting one to gas. I had this Magnum 91 that my father gave me a few years ago. So now, I decided to tinker with this one before I butcher a pretty nice twin. Of course I need to build a motor mount to do this. Got the parts for the conversion from Morris Mini Motors & this is as far as I got on scratch building my motor holder. I am also planning on adding a 1/4 FB build of the Ansaldo SVA to the list for the Dawn Patrol Challenge.

 

[FoamyDM]

Meh.... Haven't even started.... Waiting for my new hot glue and 3 kgs of hot glue

which brand exploded in your hand?

 

[Matthewdupreez]

which brand exploded in your hand?

Ryobi

 

[Tench745]

How is everyone's Hopes/prediction coming along?

-Finish the FT Sea Angel
-Finish the Dumod
-Get electronics for and someday finish balsa JN-4
-Poke haphazardly at my Ryan NYP
-Continue making slow progress on my actual Corben Jr Ace.

-The Sea Angel is ready for a maiden.
-I made progress on the Dumod; got the gold stripe on and a battery tray mounted.
-Electronics finally came in and the little Jenny is ready for a maiden.
-Built a new Small Spirit with a rounded cowling, awaiting a test flight.
-No real progress on the large Spirit.
-Made some reinforcement straps and cut some tubing for rudder pedals, seat back, and landing gear for my Jr. Ace.

 

[Off-topic jes]

Well…... probably after my 1/4 scale I’ll get a..a sig kit maby a 4 Star 60 or 120,or a sig something extra

 

[Off-topic jes]

Ok well, this is my build session 😃

1. Cessna 140, I need to finish

2. costume 2m glider, in my free time,see in coffee shop.

3. 90/120 Super sportster restoration.

4. Some ft planes

5. and I don’ no, any suggestions?

 

[SSgt Duramax]

I don't really have a build season, I can fly all winter. Benefits of south TX. It is probably nicer not to fly during the summer when it is 100 degrees. But this is what I have on deck:

Probably these two first -

Finish 13th Squadron F6f. Done, flies great.

Finish FT3D (this just popped up because I am impulsive and decided I wanted a 3D plane yesterday). Finished airframe in corner of garage.

Then this in no particular order:

Repair for glider /harvest 13th squadron zero. Trash

Build FT zero SBK - Built, Flew, Scavenged electronics for something else.

Build 125% Sig Kadet. Kind of, built @Ratcheeroo design instead. Flew great until the kiddo crashed it into a mesquite thicket. Still unlocated.

Build 75% mini Kadet for kid who wants to learn to fly (I said I would build it for him once he gets a RX/TX). Built one basic and one insane mode. Gave kid the plane, haven't seen him again.

Build daughter a new plane, hers is on its way out. Torn between a smash drone and the fish. I may just let her fly the 125% kadet and buddy box her. Built the fish, also let here fly the kadet. See above

Then man up and build my Jolly Rogers T-28 skyfx kit. I keep forgetting to order the landing gear kit for it. Still haven't got to this yet.

To add, I have completed and flew my first successful design, rebuilt my P-40, and built and crashed a few 3D printed planes.

 

[Off-topic jes]

Mr Cyclone I like your style. When you decide you want a toy you pick the best toys to play with.

😂

 

[Off-topic jes]

 

[Off-topic jes]

Thanks for the info. I am kind of in the same boat. I acquired a 1/4 scale Aeronca K from a late flying buddy's estate. He had just replaced the old 120 with a brand new 160 and it is a perfect fit for the airframe, scale exhaust and all. I don't want to put a different engine in it but would prefer not to run glow if possible.

wen can you call your self an rc pro? just asking

 

[FlyingTyger]

wen can you call your self an rc pro? just asking

Good question.

 

[FoamyDM]

Pro, implies Professional. That typically means you get paid to do it.

pro·fes·sion·al /prəˈfeSH(ə)n(ə)l/

a person engaged in a specified activity, especially a sport or branch of the performing arts, as a main paid occupation rather than as a pastime. "his first season as a professional"

Red Jensen is a NASA's cheif subscale UAS Operator. He gets paid to Fly RC. amongst his other jobs. Pilots who are paid to come to an event and perform a demo. are pros. if you win a contest pay-out... that seems like now you're pro.

 

[RossFPV]

Pro, implies Professional. That typically means you get paid to do it.

pro·fes·sion·al /prəˈfeSH(ə)n(ə)l/

a person engaged in a specified activity, especially a sport or branch of the performing arts, as a main paid occupation rather than as a pastime. "his first season as a professional"

Red Jensen is a NASA's cheif subscale UAS Operator. He gets paid to Fly RC. amongst his other jobs. Pilots who are paid to come to an event and perform a demo. are pros. if you win a contest pay-out... that seems like now you're pro.

does this mean the Flite test guys are pro's?

 

[Off-topic jes]

does this mean the Flite test guys are pro's?

I would say so